Improvement in brushes



o, L. POND. I Brush.

No. 221,936. Patented Nav. 25,1879.

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' zal UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE CHARLES L. BOND, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.-

lM PROVEM ENT IN BRUSH Es.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 221,936, dated November25, 1879; application filed April 24,1877.

, having my invention connected thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide the means for catching thedrippin gs from a whitewash or other brush, and thereby avoid soiling afloor or carpet while using it and it conslsts in combining, with thebrush, a pan or receptacle to catch the drippngs, connected ltheretobetween the brush and the handle, so

that an open space is let't between them for the purpose of increasingthe space for the drippings without increasing the size of the pan orreceptacle, 0r causing it to project far enough around the outside ofthe brush to be in the way, as will more clearly hereinafter appear. Thearrangement is such that the drippings run out into the pail or otherpaint-receptacle every time the brush is dipped therein for a freshsupply.

In said drawings, A represents the brush; B, the part to which it isattached. The part B is divided at B', so that the pan O can be placedbetween them to catch the drippings. The upper edge, O', of the pan ismade to flare out a little, as shown, and is arranged so as to projectout as little from the brush as possible,

' and still leave room enough for the drippings to enter. The part B,above the bottom of the pan G, is cut out at D, so as to leave more roomfor the drippings, as shown in Fig. 3. The lower part, B2, of B isfastened to B by means of the screws E, which also hold the pan O trmlyin place.

The letters F represent rubber or leather washers for forming atightjoint between the bottom of the-pan O and the bottom of the part B.

I am aware that a drip-pan has been used iu combination with a brush. ltherefore do not claim such, broadly; but 4 lVhat I do claim as myinvention is A brush having the body formed in two parts, B B2, incombination with a pan, O, arranged between them, the whole beingfastened together, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

. CHARLES L. POND.

Witnesses:

JAMns SANGsTER, WM. S. GROSVENOR.

